Man arrested in stabbing at bar

Michael Acosta, 27, is led out of a National City house after authorities arrested him on an attempted murder charge. He is accused in a stabbing Saturday night in the parking lot at Stoney’s Bar & Grill in National City.
— John Gibbins

Michael Acosta, 27, is led out of a National City house after authorities arrested him on an attempted murder charge. He is accused in a stabbing Saturday night in the parking lot at Stoney’s Bar & Grill in National City.
— John Gibbins

Michael Acosta, 27, is led out of a National City house after authorities arrested him on an attempted murder charge. He is accused in a stabbing Saturday night in the parking lot at Stoney’s Bar & Grill in National City.
— John Gibbins

National City Police and members of the San Diego regional fugitive task force served an arrest warrant and took a man in to custody in the near-fatal stabbing of a 27 year-old man in National City after a bar fight ...
— John Gibbins / John Gibbins/Union-Tribune

National City Police and members of the San Diego regional fugitive task force served an arrest warrant and took a man in to custody in the near-fatal stabbing of a 27 year-old man in National City after a bar fight ...
— John Gibbins / John Gibbins/Union-Tribune

Police and members of a regional gang task force took Michael Acosta, 26, into custody at a home on North Clairmont Avenue near Division Street shortly before noon, police Sgt. Julian Villagomez said.

Correction

The original version of this story incorrectly said what charges Michael Acosta faced. The story has been changed to show he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and an attempt to conceal evidence. His age also was wrong and that has been corrected.

Acosta is accused of stabbing a 27-year-old Chula Vista man eight times about 12:55 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Stoney’s Bar & Grill on West 25th Street, south of Miles of Cars Way. The altercation was described as “mutual combat,” Villagomez said.

When police arrived, both men had fled. Witnesses told police one of the men suffered a bloody nose in the fight, and officers found blood on the ground.

About 20 minutes later, the stabbing victim showed up at a hospital with possible life-threatening wounds to his chest, abdomen, hip and arm. He was transferred to a second hospital, where he underwent surgery and is now expected to survive.

Acosta was booked into jail on suspicion of attempted murder and an attempt to conceal evidence.

Last month, a man leaving Stoney’s bar after watching the Super Bowl was punched and stabbed in the abdomen by an assailant who claimed the victim was looking at his girlfriend. The man’s injuries were not life-threatening.